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Living La Vida Spanglish

KQED's Forum

KQED

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

English and Spanish are the most commonly spoken languages in the U.S., and some people see Spanglish -- a hybrid of the two -- as the future. Latinx youth are embracing Spanglish in ways previous generations were told was unacceptable, freely using un poquito de eso and a little bit of that in conversation. We talk about the origins of Spanglish, how people are using it today and why it’s growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQBD Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.

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Coming up on forum, English and Spanish are the most commonly spoken languages in the U.S.

1:06.2

But some see Spanglish, which blends the two, has the future.

1:10.6

Latinx youth are embracing Spanglish in ways previous generations have not, in part because they

1:16.3

were told it was unacceptable.

1:18.3

We'll look at what Spanglish is, how it's being used, and what its growth and acceptance

1:22.8

means for people with hyphenated identities.

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Join us. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

1:50.0

The foreign till I'm speaking is known as Gallo.

1:56.0

The blending of Spanish and English languages or the use of Spanglish is growing in ways that are bringing voice and power to younger Latin-X generations.

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